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  • Group to Take Nigeria Government to International Court

    The Northern Elders Forum (NEF) will file a complaint with the International Court of Justice (ICJ) accusing Nigeria's government of human rights violations, according to spokesman Ango Abdullahi. "What we are doing now is to organize our evidence that would make it possible for us to make a very strong case against the government and its agencies, or up to individuals who may be ...

  • Analysis Nigerians on the run as military combat Boko Haram

    HIGHLIGHTS 2,000 flee the country Boko Haram rejects government amnesty overtures Military crackdown could backfire Spillover threat KANO, 22 May 2013 (IRIN) - Tens of thousands of residents of northeastern Nigeria’s Borno State have fled their homes - thousands of them into neighbouring Niger and Cameroon - following airstrikes by Nigerian fighter jets on Boko Haram (BH) camps ...

  • Early morning showers welcome Achebe’s body in Awka

    AWKA- EARLY morning rains welcomed the body of the late literary giant, Professor Chinua Achebe to Anambra State as the people prepare to troupe into the famous Alex Ekwueme square in the state capital to attend ceremonies lined up for him by the state government and the burial ...

  • Nasarawa - Bodies of 25 Missing Policemen Found in Mass Grave

    Widows of Slain Nasarawa police officers in protest. The death toll of policemen killed by members of the Ombatse cult in Nasarawa State has climbed to 72 following the discovery of the bodies of 25 policemen that had been hitherto declared missing in a mass grave in an unnamed village in the state. Security authorities had earlier confirmed 57 operatives, comprising 47 policemen and 10 ...

  • Nigeria seeks help against Boko Haram

    Niamey/Maiduguri - Nigeria has asked its northern neighbour Niger for help in an offensive against Boko Haram insurgents, as West African states try to cooperate against a spread of Islamist ...

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  • Elegy for a nation

    A tribute to the late Prof. Chinua Achebe By WOLE SOYINKA AH, Chinua, are you grapevine wired? It sings: our nation is not dead, not clinically Yet. Now this may come as a surprise to you, It was to me. I thought the form I spied Beneath the frosted glass of a fifty-carat catafalque Was the face of our own dear land – 'own', 'dear', Voluntary patriotese, ...

  • Chevron Commended On Child Safety Initiative

    Founder of the Children and Business Network Nigeria, Ms Toyin Olakanpo, has commended Chevron Nigeria Limited for the launch of their Child Safety Campaign in Ondo, Delta and Bayelsa States. The campaign was launched in response to the frequent road accidents involving school children and the World Health Organisation (WHO)'s statistics that revealed that a child is killed in an accident ...

  • The Bridge Back to Life

    Chineme Okafor spent time with some of the 56 residents of the Abuja Children's Home in Karu to discover the resilience in their spirit to become useful in a society that once rejected them In the words of Hajia Bilikisu Ajagun, who currently serves as the resident matron of Abuja Children's Home in Karu, every of the 56 children taken in and being nursed in the home have got peculiar ...

  • Amnesty - FG Releases Detained Suspected Terrorists

    President Goodluck Jonathan, in line with his promise to extend a reconciliation gesture towards peace in the Northern part of the country, has effected the release of some suspected terrorists who are detained in various prisons in Nigeria. The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade confirmed their release Tuesday in a statement, saying that it was in fulfilment of ...

  • Addax Petroleum Supports Childrens Rights

    Addax Petroleum Development (Nigeria) Limited is one of the key participants and lead sponsors of the First Annual Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Forum on Children's Rights and the Business Sector to be held in Lagos later this month. The event, which will be witnessed by the Executive Governor of Lagos State, Babatunde Raji Fashola, is being organised by an advocacy platform called ...

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